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Eriq La Salle is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 23 july 1962 at Hartford (USA)
Eriq La Salle (born Erik Ki La Salle, July 23, 1962) is an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC drama series ER.
Pendant plusieurs années, Eriq La Salle continue, tout en jouant au théâtre, d'interpréter des rôles de second plan dans des genres assez diversifiés, comme dans la comédie Un prince à New York en 1988 ou dans le film d'épouvante L'Échelle de Jacob, en 1990. Il joue le rôle d'un détective dans le thriller La Couleur de la nuit face à Bruce Willis en 1994, année où il rejoint la distribution de la série télé Urgences, qui le fait connaître dans le monde entier.
Le succès de la série permet à Eriq La Salle de décrocher des rôles plus importants, devenant même la tête d'affiche du drame D.R.O.P. Squad, produit par Spike Lee. Mais le rythme particulièrement soutenu des tournages d'Urgences ne permet pas à l'acteur de prolonger sa carrière sur grand écran. Il quitte la série en 2001 et interprète à nouveau le rôle d'un détective dans le thriller Photo obsession, où il traque le personnage de Robin Williams.
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Eriq La Salle (born Erik Ki La Salle, July 23, 1962) is an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC drama series ER.
Biography
Eriq La Salle reçoit son diplôme d'arts dramatiques de l'université de New York à 22 ans, en 1984. Dès l'année suivante, il tente une carrière cinématographique en apparaissant dans le drame Rappin' aux côtés de Mario Van Peebles, puis il intègre deux ans plus tard la distribution du film Five corners avec Jodie Foster et Tim Robbins.Pendant plusieurs années, Eriq La Salle continue, tout en jouant au théâtre, d'interpréter des rôles de second plan dans des genres assez diversifiés, comme dans la comédie Un prince à New York en 1988 ou dans le film d'épouvante L'Échelle de Jacob, en 1990. Il joue le rôle d'un détective dans le thriller La Couleur de la nuit face à Bruce Willis en 1994, année où il rejoint la distribution de la série télé Urgences, qui le fait connaître dans le monde entier.
Le succès de la série permet à Eriq La Salle de décrocher des rôles plus importants, devenant même la tête d'affiche du drame D.R.O.P. Squad, produit par Spike Lee. Mais le rythme particulièrement soutenu des tournages d'Urgences ne permet pas à l'acteur de prolonger sa carrière sur grand écran. Il quitte la série en 2001 et interprète à nouveau le rôle d'un détective dans le thriller Photo obsession, où il traque le personnage de Robin Williams.
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Logan (2017)
, 2h17Directed by James Mangold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Chase films
Actors Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant
Roles Will Munson
Rating80%
The film begins with Tyler (Patrick Probst) and little brother Logan (Leo Howard) at the movie theater watching a brand new action film, that Tyler thinks was amazing, while Logan thinks it was bad and had no content. Then Logan tells Tyler about his plans to make a movie. Tyler says that he can make a movie. Then, while looking for actors, and crew workers, he faces rejection from his peers at school and his careless parents at home. Then Logan turns to the one he can always count on- Tyler. But when Tyler gets mad at Logan because of a misunderstanding about losing his jacket for his concert, Tyler tells Logan that the movie was a stupid idea, and that it was so bad he couldn't even finish reading it. He tells Logan, "you're only doing this for the attention anyway. It's not worth it. You're never gonna finish it, Logan". Then, while the parents are out and Tyler is at his band concert, Logan does what Tyler never thought he would- he tries to hang himself. Tyler comes up after getting angry at his orchestra leader, he looks all over the house trying to find Logan- and when he does, he is hanging from a tree in the backyard. Logan lives but if Tyler was two minutes late, he would have been brain dead. Although Tyler tries to get through the tragedy with the help of his friends, Ben (Booboo Stewart) and Carlie (Nicole Cummins), he just cannot. At the turn of the unexpected tragedy, the brothers' relationship is altered forever and Tyler is challenged to do whatever it takes to see his little brother's project succeed, even if that means risking it all.
Relative Stranger (2009)
, 1h25Directed by Charles Burnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eriq La Salle, Cicely Tyson, Michael Michele, Michael Beach, Dana Davis, Sherri Saum
Roles Walter Clemons
Rating64%
À la suite d'une fracture, Walter doit mettre un terme à sa carrière de champion de football américain. Diminué, il essaie de trouver un travail dans ce domaine et quitte sa famille pour Chicago.
MegaFault (2009)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Brittany Murphy, Eriq La Salle, Justin Hartley, Bruce Davison, Tamala Jones, Paul Logan
Roles Charley 'Boomer' Baxter
Rating30%
In West Virginia, Charles "Boomer" Baxter is setting mountain top-depletion explosives. He detonates the TNT, and an unprecedented earthquake devastates the area. A few hours later government seismologist Dr. Amy Lane arrives at the quake's epicenter.
Johnny Was (2006)
, 1h33Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin, Samantha Mumba, Roger Daltrey, Eriq La Salle, Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Roles Julius
Rating55%
Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past as a Provisional IRA volunteer in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, members of a dissident republican group they are hellbent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few well-placed bombs. Unable to escape Brixton, they find themselves trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house, sandwiched between a friendly Rastafarian reggae pirate radio station upstairs and a local Yardie, heroin-dealing gangster Julius, downstairs.
The Seat Filler (2004)
, 1h30Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Duane Martin, Kelly Rowland, DeRay Davis, Curtis Armstrong, Kyla Pratt, Mel B
Roles Alonso Grant (non crédité)
Rating53%
Derrick, an aspiring lawyer who is studying for the bar exam, struggles to keep his head above water financially. His best friend and roommate E.J. suggests Derrick join him at his job as a seat filler at awards shows. When seat filling at the Video Beat awards gala, Derrick meets popular R&B singer Jhnelle, who mistakes him for a regular guest. Believing that he is Alonzo Grant, entertainment lawyer to the stars, Jhnelle asks Derrick out on a date.
Biker Boyz (2003)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Hip hop films, Musical films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Lisa Bonet, Brendan Fehr
Roles Tariq "Slick Will" (uncredited)
Rating47%
In the world of underground motorcycle racing, the undefeated racer known as Smoke (Laurence Fishburne) is the undisputed "King of Cali." But Smoke's dominance of the set is about to be threatened by a young motorcycle racing prodigy called Kid (Derek Luke), who is determined to win Smoke's helmet and earn the coveted title. Kid says that the difference between men and boys are the lessons they learn- and that his father, Slick Will, taught him plenty.
Crazy As Hell (2002)
, 1h53Directed by Eriq La Salle
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Eriq La Salle, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Tia Texada, Sinbad, Twink Caplan
Rating57%
Psychiatrist Dr. Ty Adams (Michael Beach) comes to the Sedah State Mental Hospital to film a documentary. While coming across self-assured and overconfident, Adams is secretly haunted by the death of his daughter. He strikes up a friendship with the facility's administrator, Dr. Samuel Delazo (Ronny Cox), playing an ongoing chess game with him. Adams is intrigued by a patient named Barnett (Eriq La Salle) who claims to be Satan and takes a personal interest in his case.
One Hour Photo (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Mark Romanek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Films about pornography, Photographie
Actors Robin Williams, Michael Vartan, Connie Nielsen, Dylan Smith, Gary Cole, Eriq La Salle
Roles Det. James Van Der Zee
Rating67%
Seymour "Sy" Parrish (Robin Williams) is a photo technician at SavMart's one-hour photo developing clinic. He leads a solitary life outside of the "heaven-like" hyperreality atmosphere of the department store. Every day he labors to ensure his customers get the best quality photos possible. His work is his life, as he has no one and nothing to go home to at the end of each day; he spends his evenings sitting alone in his barren living room, watching television. The only thing in Sy's apartment he has for companionship is a hamster, caged in his bedroom. His favorite customers are the Yorkin family: husband Will (Michael Vartan), wife Nina (Connie Nielsen), and their son Jake (Dylan Smith). He has developed their photos for years and has developed an obsession with the family. He idolizes their happiness and affluence, memorizing every personal detail about them, and begins to associate with them more and more hoping to become a part of their lives.
Directed by Eriq La Salle
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Daryl Mitchell, Forest Whitaker, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roles Diego
Rating75%
Grâce à ses dons inouïs et à une inventivité surprenante, Eric Manigault s'est rapidement imposé sur les trottoirs de Harlem comme le joueur de basket le plus prometteur de sa génération. En sombrant dans la drogue, il va briser définitivement tout espoir de carrière. Il saura saisir sa chance au deuxième rebond, pour enfin devenir une légende.
Color of Night (1994)
, 2h1Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Bruce Willis, Jane March, Lesley Ann Warren, Rubén Blades, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif
Roles Anderson
Rating52%
Dr. Bill Capa (Willis), a New York City psychologist, falls into a deep depression after an unstable patient commits suicide in front of him by jumping from his office window. The sight of the bloody body of his patient clad in a bright green dress causes Capa to suffer from psychosomatic color blindness, taking away his ability to see the color red.
Drop Squad (1994)
Directed by Clark Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Kasi Lemmons, Spike Lee, Vanessa Williams
Roles Bruford Jamison Jr
Rating49%
The film portrays an advertising executive, Bruford Jamison (Eriq La Salle) who is in charge of the "minority development division" for an advertising agency. Among the ad campaigns he is involved with is one for a malt liquor called "Mumblin' Jack", whose billboard depicts a woman in a skimpy bikini straddling a bottle, with the slogan "It Gits Ya Crazy!" Another ad campaign depicted in the film is a commercial filled with racial stereotypes (in which Spike Lee has a cameo) for a fried chicken restaurant's Gospel-Pak, which offers a Bible verse printed on every napkin. Bruford's sister Lenora (Nicole Powell) calls in the Drop Squad to deprogram him. Bruford winds up being subjected to three weeks of psychological and physical brutality. Among the other persons who are shown being subjected to the deprogramming are a corrupt politician and a drug dealer.
Empty Cradle (1993)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Kate Jackson, Lori Loughlin, Eriq La Salle, Jonah Blechman, Penny Johnson, Camilla Belle
Roles Detective Knoll
Rating63%
Jane Morgan (Lori Loughlin) is the mother of two children, Sally (Camilla Belle) and Sam (Zachary Browne), and pregnant with a third. She has been separated from her husband Bob (David Lansbury) for a while, who is desperate to win back his wife's affection. At five days past her due date, Jane goes into labor. Everything is going well, until she is suddenly sedated by a nurse, Rita Donahue (Kate Jackson). Hours later, she regains consciousness. The doctor wrongly informs her that she went into labor prematurely and that her baby was stillborn. Noticing the level of drugs that were in her body after labor, he suspects that she has abused pills, which he thinks caused the death.
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
, 1h55Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels, Political films
Actors Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Jason Alexander, Macaulay Culkin, Ving Rhames
Roles Frank
Rating73%
On October 6, 1971, American soldier Jacob Singer is with the 1st Air Cavalry Division, deployed in a village in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War, when his close knit unit comes under attack. As many of Jacob's comrades are killed or wounded, others exhibit abnormal behavior, including catatonia and a bloody seizure. A terrified Jacob flees into the jungle, only to be bayoneted in the gut.
When We Were Young (1989)
, 1h40Directed by Daryl Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ronny Cox, Grant Show, Lindsay Frost, Cynthia Gibb, Steven Weber, Jace Alexander
Roles Virgil Hawkins
Rating60%
California, June 1959. Paige Farrell (Lindsay Frost), a wealthy young femme fatale, has just graduated from high school and is now celebrating at rich classmate Lee's (Dylan Walsh) mansion. He tries to seduce her, but Paige ignores his affections due to her relationship with working class boy Michael Stefanos (Grant Show). Michael himself is quite popular with the opposite sex as well, as even Paige's mousy best friend Ellen Reese (Cynthia Gibb) admits that she fantasizes about him. At the same party, aspiring singer Linda Rosen (Jane Krakowski) - known for having had many bed partners - tries to perform a song, but stage fright causes her to be bullied off the stage. Vulnerable, she gives into unexperienced Alex Twining's (Jace Alexander) attempts to court her. They are about to have sex in a motel, when Linda starts to vomit, ruining the night. Later at night, some of the students drive home and get into a car accident, killing Phillip and Cecily, a beloved couple who were set to marry. Ben Kirkland (Steven Weber), who owned the car, feels guilty for having allowed them to drive the car, even though they were drunk.
Coming to America (1988)
, 1h56Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire
Actors Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, John Amos
Roles Darryl Jenks
Rating70%
Akeem Joffer, the crown prince to the throne of the wealthy African nation of Zamunda, lives a pampered lifestyle with every daily facet performed by servants. Akeem has become fed up with this and wishes to do more for himself. The final straw comes when his parents, King Jaffe and Queen Aeoleon, present him with an arranged bride-to-be named Imani Izzi, whom he has never met and who has been trained to obey Akeem's every command. Akeem concocts a plan to travel to the United States to find an intelligent, independent-minded woman he can both love and respect, and who will love Akeem for who he is and not for his wealth and social status as a prince. Akeem and his best friend/personal aide, Semmi, flip a coin to decide between going to either Los Angeles or New York City, and end up going to New York City. They end up in the borough of Queens and rent a run-down apartment in the neighborhood of Long Island City, passing themselves off as poor foreign students. They begin working at a local fast food restaurant called McDowell's—an obvious ripoff of McDonald's—owned by widower Cleo McDowell and his two daughters, Lisa and Patrice.